About; This Guide; Conventions - 3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX User Manual

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This guide describes the installation and configuration
of the 3Com
network interface card (3C985B-SX server NIC).
This guide is intended for the network administrator,
network operator, or network hardware installer.
Knowledge of Gigabit Ethernet and the server network
operating system is required.
If release notes are shipped with your product and the
information there differs from the information in this
guide, follow the instructions in the release notes.
Most user guides and release notes are available in
Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF)
or HTML on the 3Com World Wide Web site:
http://www.3com.com/

Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout

this guide.

Table 1 Notice Icons
Icon Notice Type
Information note
Caution
Warning
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BOUT HIS
® Gigabit EtherLink
Description
Information that describes important features
or instructions
Information that alerts you to potential loss of data or
potential damage to an application, system, or device
Information that alerts you to potential personal injury
G
UIDE
® 1000 PCI server